Bids Due May 20, 2024

Project Summary: The West End Compost Hub is being created to divert organic waste away from the Johnston Central Landfill – which is nearly at capacity – and produce a high-quality soil amendment to improve soils and bolster urban food production in Providence. The project includes an in-vessel aerobic composter, leaf storage, and equipment sheds. The buildings are set back from the street and framed by a set of gardens and muraled fences to enhance the street life. The buildings are built out of robust concrete block walls up to 5’ and then topped with translucent polycarbonate walls and roofs. A solar canopy is designed to provide for all site energy. The hub will serve as an educational facility and provide both ecosystem and economic benefits to the neighborhood while challenging the industrial aesthetic often associated with waste processing facilities. Please note that there is lead and PAH-impacted soil at the site that must remain onsite during construction and will be capped in accordance with the design plans. The general contractor and all sub-contractors will need to keep soil in the general area that it came from during construction in order to avoid the need for recharacterizing soil if any extra soil is generated for disposal. Contractors will need to ensure soil is not tracked offsite and that erosion and dust controls are in place.